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Saskatchewan First Nation calls for help after community evacuated due to wildfire

Saskatchewan First Nation calls for help after community evacuated due to wildfire

SANDY BAY, SASK. 鈥� The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency says crews have spent more than a month fighting an escalating fire near Sandy Bay, Sask.
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Northern Manitoba First Nation evacuates as wildfire burns nearby

Northern Manitoba First Nation evacuates as wildfire burns nearby

BUNIBONIBEE CREE NATION, MAN. 鈥� A northern Manitoba First Nation is being evacuated as a nearby wildfire threatens to edge closer to the community because of wind.
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Saskatchewan First Nation orders evacuation of community because of wildfire

Saskatchewan First Nation orders evacuation of community because of wildfire

SANDY BAY, SASK. 鈥� The leadership of a Saskatchewan First Nation is calling for immediate action hours after issuing a general evacuation order due to an encroaching wildfire.
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Indigenous nation closes B.C.'s Chilcotin River bridge, citing riverbank cracks

Indigenous nation closes B.C.'s Chilcotin River bridge, citing riverbank cracks

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C.
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'Not forgotten': Family, advocates reflect 10 years after death of Tina Fontaine

'Not forgotten': Family, advocates reflect 10 years after death of Tina Fontaine

WINNIPEG 鈥� When Elroy Fontaine thinks about his older sister, Tina Fontaine, his mind takes him to a park in Winnipeg's Point Douglas neighbourhood. It's where the two would sometimes hang out together.
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B.C. government considers 'Plan B' if salmon need help through Chilcotin slide zone

B.C. government considers 'Plan B' if salmon need help through Chilcotin slide zone

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C.
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Residential school doc 'Sugarcane' about 'survival against all odds,' says director

Residential school doc 'Sugarcane' about 'survival against all odds,' says director

Julian Brave NoiseCat initially didn鈥檛 want 鈥淪ugarcane鈥� to be such a personal film. The Indigenous filmmaker says he intended to remain behind the camera for the Sundance prize-winning documentary, which he co-directed with Toronto鈥檚 Emily Kassie.
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Supreme Court won't hear appeal of trucker convicted in Edmonton hotel killing

Supreme Court won't hear appeal of trucker convicted in Edmonton hotel killing

EDMONTON 鈥� Canada鈥檚 highest court won't hear a conviction appeal from a former Ontario truck driver in the death of a woman at an Edmonton hotel. Bradley Barton was sentenced to 12 1/2 years for manslaughter in the death of Cindy Gladue.
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Docs about Vice Media, Ontario Place, Indigenous artifacts head to TIFF

Docs about Vice Media, Ontario Place, Indigenous artifacts head to TIFF

TORONTO 鈥� Documentaries about the rise and fall of Vice Media and efforts to return cultural artifacts to Indigenous nations are among the projects heading to the Toronto International Film Festival.
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Feds fund health study for Indigenous communities downstream of oilsands

Feds fund health study for Indigenous communities downstream of oilsands

OTTAWA 鈥� More than three decades after Indigenous leaders in northern Alberta began asking for funding to better understand if pollution from the oilsands was making their people sick, the federal government is funding a study to do just that.
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